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Philosophically addressing three fundamental aspects of the Kamëntšá, an indigenous culture located in the southwest of Colombia, this book is an investigation of how a native culture creates meaning. Time, beauty and spirit are key philosophical experiences within the Kamëntšá culture which should be interpreted both as constituting and as constituted symbols because of their historicity and actuality and their potential power of transformation. The book addresses these living symbols that take hold of the past but whose significance goes beyond their antiquity through the traditions of storytelling and dance, ritual, healing and ceremony as well as the fraught political histories of colonialism and the ownership of the land.
The author, raised within Kamëntšá culture, weaves personal experience with philosophical insights and significance of the Kamentsa culture, presented through its own frameworks and narratives. The philosophical dimensions of Kamentsa culture are articulated and contextualized within a legacy of colonial domination by long-term Spanish and Catholic rule that enacts the necessary separation of Kamentsa ideas from their representations through Catholic hermeneutic approaches. However, the book also embraces intercultural philosophical engagement, as the methodological approach is formed partly through some modern and contemporary Western thinkers as well as indigenous writers and figures like Carlos Tamabioy and N. Scott Momaday.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Generalities of Kamëntsá CultureA Philosophical Approach to Kamëntsá Culture
Chapter 1 - Time in Kamëntsá Culture
Two Conceptions of TimeTime as HistorySibundoy at the Time of the Early Spanish ConquistadorsCarlos Tamabioy's Legacy in Land OwnershipCapuchin Missionaries and the Division of Land in the Sibundoy ValleyTime as Primary ExperienceStorytelling as Constituted SymbolScholarship on Storytelling as Constituted SymbolStorytelling as Constituting SymbolConclusion
Chapter 2 - Beauty in Kamëntsá Culture
Bëtskanté as Constituted SymbolFrom Bëtsknaté to Clestrin?ëBëtsknaté as a Constituting Symbol: An Experience of DancingThe Philosophical Significance of Kamëntsá DancingConclusion
Chapter 3 - Spirit in Kamëntsá Culture
Native Doctors and Rituals of Healing: The Constituted Nature of RitualsScholarly Descriptions of YajéYajé ceremonies in Sibundoy: The Constituting Aspects of YajéConclusion
Conclusion
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Über den Autor / die Autorin
Juan Alejandro Chindoy Chindoy is Lecturer in Moral and Political Philosophy at Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia, and Lecturer in Philosophy of Law and Hermeneutics at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Manizales, Colombia.
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Philosophically addressing three fundamental aspects of the Kamëntšá, an indigenous culture located in the southwest of Colombia, this book is an investigation of how a native culture creates meaning.
